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Ok I'm a die hard GT fan. When GT1 came out I took off a day from work so that I could play with no one in the house. GT2 was also great, but a little disappointed. Now I'm on GT3, well I have owned about 2 copies prior to the one I got today but never really got in to like the first one. I just want to know if there is any specific race order I should follow to help me along.

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I don't believe you need to go in order to play but to compete you might have too unless you get licence cars to play with because I don't see anyone bragging about their PT cruiser or Beatle in the F1 races. Ha ha ha ha hahaha ha ha ha ha haha ha hah ha ha hahahahhahahahahahahahahahah (sigh):lol:
 
Welcome, MSP, and have a good time here at GTPlanet.

There is obviously no set order (except what's determined by the license you can acquire), but here's one path you might consider, especially if you are an accomplished GT player:

Get Gold on the B Licenses first thing. It can be done if you already know how to drive. This awards you a shiny blue Miata LS. Change the oil, use your starting credits to buy T2 tires for it, and go run the Roadster Enduro. This will award you 100,000 credits, another car (possibly and valuable F1 car), and is easily and pleasantly winnable.

With that 100,000+ gs in the bank, you can afford a nice RX-7 RS, a Camaro SS, or an SVT Mustang, any one of which will take you pretty far though the opening stages of the game. Good luck!
 
This the order I'll follow, how does it sound?

Sunday Cup
Clubman Cup
FF Challenge
FR Challenge
MR Challenge
4WD Challenge
Light Weight K Cup
Stars & Stripes Gran Championship
Spider & Roadster
80’s Sports Car Cup
Race of NA Sports
Race or Turbo Sports
Legend of Silver Arrow
Toyota Altezza Race
Vitz Race
Type R Meeting
Evolution Meeting Beetle Cup Gran Turismo World Chamionship
 
That sounds pretty straightforward. It's set up so that many of your prize cars are eligible for other specific series. You'll find that once you get about halfway down that list or a little more that money won't be so tight any more. Two tips:

For the Cups, where you have 3 individual races and a single prize car, you will only ever win ONE copy of that car, so don't sell it unless you're really sure you don't want it.

For Championships, where you have 5 or more races and you run all together in a series, you will win a car every time you rewin the series race. Do a quick search for "save and reload" to see how you can assure you win the car you want.

Bonus tip: changing the oil on a car before you drive it will add 5% extra horsepower for only 250 credits.
 
Do you have a friend that already has the game? What he can do for you is buy your first car, that's if you can't get all gold on the license tests. Then, he can buy all the racing parts for it that he possibly can. Then, you can use the trade feature to load his garage so you can purchase the car at the original car price, but it will still have all the racing parts, but none of the costs for them. In previous GT titles, you had to pay for all the racing parts, but not in GT3.

You will see that a fully facing modified PT Cruiser can beat all the Beginner racing events it can enter, plus a few Amateur racing events. Run it in the Amateur European Championship Race and use the "save technique" to win the Gillet Race Car. You can keep it, or sell it for 300,000 credits. The best part is, you can enter this race and win the car as much as you want. It's a great way to increase your credit level. Take note, there are two or three cars that can beat a fully racing modified PT Cruiser in this race event, so if you get one of them, exit out, then enter the race again and hope you don't get one of them again.

The next few months are going to be a blast, so enjoy it!

Welcome ot GTPlanet! :)
 
I didn't really do anything in a certain order in my game, except I did all the license tests in order. If I couldn't beat a certain series yet, I just jumped around and looked for another one I could do. The F1 championship was the last thing I did in the game to get to 100%. I'm glad I saved it for last, too, because it was really fun.
 
No. Here's what you need to do. Earn up enough money to by a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo GSR, then do all the rally races. By the end you will have a ton of money and the Suzuki Escudo. You can either win the F090/S from the endurance race with the Escudo, or you can have a little more fun and by a nice car and tune that.
 
I'd say that there is not a specific order. Just go Beginner, Amateur and the Rally/Endurance/Pro. But neon_dukes advice is really handy, if you know how to drive. And in the leagues, just drive the races that you can, and if you can't drive any, collect money and buy a car for the next race.
 
Once you have won a suitable car. Say an EVO, SKyline, or RX-7, take on the Euro Cup in Amatuer (After some mild tweeks). Use the "Save/Load trick" to take the Vertigo. Run this four times, selling 3 of the Vertigos and you will have in the neighborhood of 1.3 million Cr. to build up some cars. And it won't go nearly as far as you'd like to believe.
 
Did you notice that most of the answers you get are not so much about a particular race order but rather about the best way to start?

I'm just starting my 7th time (don't ask) through the game at this point and have discovered the old addage about "lot's of ways to skin a cat" is particularly true with GT3. The race order will define itself for you depending on how you choose to start and how you decide to modify it as you progress.

Be sure to see the most helpful prize car pages on this site here to help you decide what race you can go to and win a particular car for a specific venue.

Also, you will want to look over one of the single most helpful tools one of the moderators (Der Alta) took the time to put together here. It is basically an exhaustive detail on how he ran his game from start to finish and is well worth the look see.

As for the start of the game... I have my opinions too. To that end, I think neon_duke is right about if you know how to drive and are willing to take the time to gold the B license for the Miata LS... then go right to the Roadster Enduro. Makes for a sweet start that puts you well ahead of the game early.

If you don't want to take the time and have decided to purchase a car for your game start, there are several schools of thought here with about four of them standing out. First car purchases that seem to be most popular are the Miata (J), the Vitz, the Trueno, and the PT Cruiser.

Of the four, I personally think the the best car is the Miata (J). However, having started and finished the game each way, it is my opinion the best first purchase is actually the Vitz since it can be used for the Front Wheel Drive races in addition to many other more standard races including both the Turbo and the NA races. You will win a Miata (J) and a Trueno from the Sunday and Clubman races right out of the pipe so why waste the money to buy them? In favor of the Vitz also is that you will eventually need a front wheel drive vehicle for the FF races as well as specifically a Vitz for the Vitz series races in both Beginner and Pro leagues. Yes everyone... I know it will be won in the first FF race but you need a FF car to race that anyway and you can sell the Vitz you win for parts (unless pink is your color).

The one thing I will add is the nod to the above being an argument for the PT Cruiser since it is FF too as I recall. It might even be the smarter buy but, I never liked it much so I dropped it off as soon as I won my first Trueno/Miata/Vitz combo for the first three series. Bit of a novelty barge if you ask me but can certainly win the key first three.

Another option that is a little more time consuming but gives the advantage of developing your skills to a very high level is to take the time to beat all the time trials and win the Panoz which gives you the option of selling it for about $500,000 game cash for a killer start on cash.

The absolute best start for the game is to gold every license and beat the Time Trials first because of the cars you win from that. Gives you choices and skills beyond anything the game will throw at you. Be advised, it is tough as nails to do. Ask anyone who isn't an ego... My opinion is to save that for later.

What order to actually start? Well, if you choose to buy your first car, go with the Sunday Cup and Clubman Cup to pick up your Miata and Trueno to go with your Vitz and follow your nose from there.

Here is my two cents to power upgrades etc... I have won the entire beginner series and the first couple three amateur races on "normal" tires several times easily. In fact, driving on "normal" tires for awhile I think makes you a better driver who is better prepped for the later races where pit strategy comes into play. Second penny goes to Turbo Stage 1 as my thoughts for best buy for the money in beginner.

phattboy
 
neon_duke
Get Gold on the B Licenses first thing. It can be done if you already know how to drive. This awards you a shiny blue Miata LS. Change the oil, use your starting credits to buy T2 tires for it, and go run the Roadster Enduro. This will award you 100,000 credits, another car (possibly and valuable F1 car), and is easily and pleasantly winnable.
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While this is true, for a beginner it may not be quite so easy to obtain the iA licence that's required to enter the enduro race though.

Actually thinking about it, if they're capable of Golds in beginner level, then getting just Bronzes on iA shouldn't be too bad.

I was happy enough with Bronzes 1st time round, then I discovered GTPlanet and saw the number of people posting all Golds. Couldn't be left out, so I started game again and didn't allow myself to enter any race at all until all licences were Gold! Still think S-Licence Laguna Seca in the Oreca Viper is the hardest of the lot!
 
phattboy
Did you notice that most of the answers you get are not so much about a particular race order but rather about the best way to start?

I'm just starting my 7th time (don't ask) through the game ...

The absolute best start for the game is to gold every license and beat the Time Trials first because of the cars you win from that. Gives you choices and skills beyond anything the game will throw at you. Be advised, it is tough as nails to do. Ask anyone who isn't an ego... My opinion is to save that for later.

phattboy
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Welcome to the Planet, MSP Tuner.

If I had known this (or about all of the great on-line info available) at the start of playing GT, beginning my first game would have been smarter, easier and quicker.

If one is starting their first game, then I feel getting all of the licences first is imperative to learning the skills needed to drive better. The player can gold them later and get some amazing or useful cars along the way. Golding the Time Trials also proves that the player has more of the skills needed, but there may be a beginner frustration level that some may balk at and the game rewards are minimal.

The thing about doing races at first is that the fun factor will/may be a bit higher for some and the driving experience improves a bit by having complete laps, not just small sections. This familiarizes the driver with the courses, but creates bad driving habits early. There are trade-offs everywhere in the game.

For my first-buy choice, I started with the Alto Works. If only I had known more... but you can still win the game starting with any car.

Now that I am starting my second game, I am only buying cars which I cannot win. There are some pretty interesting rides in the game that many players just ignore because they never put them in their garage. I am up to nearly 100 cars, with only 1/3 bought.

Good advice, guys!

MasterGT
 
My advice, don't sell any cars. You never know when you'll get that urge to drive a Mini.......... or a ZZII which i stupidly sold a long time ago because i didnt know the true potential of it, but i won another one so oh well.
 

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